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After a year as [[Texas]] [[GOP]] chairman, West resigned to challenge Governor [[Greg Abbott]] in the primary scheduled for March 1, 2022. With West's candidacy imminent, Abbott suddenly agreed to spend state funds to complete gaps in the border wall, as West had called upon him to do.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehayride.com/2021/06/allen-west-to-resign-as-texas-gop-chairman-will-he-seek-higher-office/|title=Allen West To Resign As Texas GOP Chairman: ‘Prayerfully Considering’ Run For Governor|author=Andy Hogue|date=June 4, 2021|publisher=Thehayride.com|accessdate=June 11, 2021}}</ref>

After a year as [[Texas]] [[GOP]] chairman, West resigned to challenge Governor [[Greg Abbott]] in the primary scheduled for March 1, 2022. With West's candidacy imminent, Abbott suddenly agreed to spend state funds to complete gaps in the border wall, as West had called upon him to do.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehayride.com/2021/06/allen-west-to-resign-as-texas-gop-chairman-will-he-seek-higher-office/|title=Allen West To Resign As Texas GOP Chairman: ‘Prayerfully Considering’ Run For Governor|author=Andy Hogue|date=June 4, 2021|publisher=Thehayride.com|accessdate=June 11, 2021}}</ref>

He is the President and CEO of The Hope Center, a non-profit in [[Plano]], Texas, which operates a commercial office building complex providing reduced rent and office services to non-profit organizations (including notable ones such as I Am Second and Joni and Friends).<ref>https://www.thehopecenter.org/management/allen-west</ref>

He is the President and CEO of The Hope Center, a non-profit in [[Plano]], Texas, which operates a commercial office building complex providing reduced rent and office services to non-profit organizations (including notable ones such as I Am Second and Joni and Friends).<ref>https://www.thehopecenter.org/management/allen-west</ref>

He is married to Angela West, and the couple has two children. In August 2021, Mrs. West was arrested for driving under the influence though she had not been drinking. This may be a political vendetta by Dallas police aimed at the conservative West, who is despised by the [[Moderate Republican]] establishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelibertydaily.com/political-setup-dallas-pd-releases-arrest-video-of-clearly-unimpaired-angela-west/|title=Political Setup? Dallas PD Releases Arrest Video of Clearly Unimpaired Angela West}author=J.D. Rucker|date=August 23 2021|accessdate=August 24, 2021}}</ref>3e= • Aug. 23, 2021

He and his wife, Angela, have two children. In August 2021, Mrs. West was arrested for driving under the influence though she had not been drinking. This may be a political vendetta by Dallas police aimed at the conservative West, who is despised by the Democrats and the [[Moderate Republican]] establishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelibertydaily.com/political-setup-dallas-pd-releases-arrest-video-of-clearly-unimpaired-angela-west/|title=Political Setup? Dallas PD Releases Arrest Video of Clearly Unimpaired Angela West}author=J.D. Rucker|date=August 23 2021|accessdate=August 24, 2021}}</ref>3e= • Aug. 23, 2021

West received his bachelor's degree from the [[University of Tennessee]] and his master's degree from [[Kansas State University]], both in political science. He also holds a Master's of Military Arts and Sciences from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer College in political theory and military operations. In addition, West taught a year of high school in Broward County, Florida. He had the support of the [[Senate Conservatives Fund]] and the [[Tea Party Movement]].

West received his bachelor's degree from the [[University of Tennessee]] and his master's degree from [[Kansas State University]], both in political science. He also holds a Master's of Military Arts and Sciences from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer College in political theory and military operations. In addition, West taught a year of high school in Broward County, Florida. He had the support of the [[Senate Conservatives Fund]] and the [[Tea Party Movement]].